when did a freaking loaf of bread hit the $3.50 mark??

[Golgatha]

Make your own? Flour is cheap.

This.

 

[Born2bwire]

He won't b/c he can't. He was proven wrong daily on his Chicago gas prices. No different here.

Maybe he's just horrifically dyslexic and not just crazy. That could explain why he thinks gas is over $5 and milk is $7. He just can't read the prices correctly. Or maybe he's been mistaking the wine in a box for milk.

This.

Yeah, I bake my own. I just slice it up and pop it into the freezer and one loaf is good for a week at least. I don't expect people to do this as a cost saving measure but I prefer baking my own for the flavor and it isn't really that big of a time sink.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Maybe he's just horrifically dyslexic and not just crazy. That could explain why he thinks gas is over $5 and milk is $7. He just can't read the prices correctly. Or maybe he's been mistaking the wine in a box for milk.

Someone can find the thread but the moron admits to calculating the price for a gallon of milk by using the price of a half-gallon and multiplying by 2.

 

[MrChad]

We normally buy Nature's Own Whole Wheat bread, which runs $3.29 / loaf at the local Wegman's. We pay $5 for a gallon of milk, but that's because we buy organic. Non-organic is closer to $2 - 2.50.

Recently ordered Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking. Well reviewed and recommended by some co-workers as a good resource for easy homemade bread. We'll see how it works out.

 

[Imp]

My Italian bread and Naan bread is about $3.25 nowadays.

My morning coffee/breakfast combo is $3.50 (coffee + hash brown + "McMuffin"), so it's all good to me.

 

[crownjules]

One of the good brands of bread (Nature's Pride and such) is almost always on sale for ~$2.50 at the grocery store.

 

[guyver01]

Someone can find the thread but the moron admits to calculating the price for a gallon of milk by using the price of a half-gallon and multiplying by 2.

i dont remember that... but how about where he says he rounds up gas prices..

When paying $4.89 for regular I would say that's close enough to $5

You may not but that is my opinion.

 

[CPA]

Food in general is fucking skyrocketing.

Went to our local grocery store today to pick up a few things and was appalled at the price of things.

$3.59 for hamburger buns? $5 for a 12 pack of Pepsi? Oscar Meyer beef hot dogs for $4.79? Frescetta frozen pizzas for $8.99?

What the fuck?

My wife will be finishing school to be an RN in about 2.5 years. If she gets a $50k job, that should just about cover our grocery budget. Jesus Christ.

Where the fuck do you shop?

Kroger
Hamburger buns - $1
12 Pepsi - < $4
Digiorno (better than Frescetta) - $5.99 and I had a $1 off coupon to make it $4.99

 

[Born2bwire]

Someone can find the thread but the moron admits to calculating the price for a gallon of milk by using the price of a half-gallon and multiplying by 2.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=26847345&postcount=106
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=26847762&postcount=110
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=26848998&postcount=117

:awe:

Lots of fail on Dave's part in that thread in general.

 

[Born2bwire]

i dont remember that... but how about where he says he rounds up gas prices..

He's already doing that on the milk too!

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=26864570&postcount=190

Yep, nothing like adding an inflation of a 9% increase in the price to try and prove a point.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Where have you've been???

Bread has been $4 a long time here.

Milk over $7 and heading to $10 gal

Gas still well over $3 here and Diesel over $4 even though most of the country dropped under $3 for gas.

Maybe your bread comes from Chicago???

Sure...

 

[dmcowen674]

I dunno here in central NJ gas is damn cheap compared to a lot of other places. Bread isn't too bad either. Go us!

You and Texas seem to be the last to hit with rising prices.

Will enjoy seeing the Bullshitters on here start having to pay Chicago prices soon. Looks like Colorado is catching up quickly. :thumbsup:

 

[airdata]

Last time I was at Tom Thumb I noticed some insane food pricing...

Must be inflation? All that bail out money and quantitative easing has to effect something. I usually get the 2/3.50-$4 packs of bread @ samsclub.

 

[guyver01]

Looks like Colorado is catching up quickly. :thumbsup:

WRONG

i paid $3.18 this morning for gas.

Cheaper than Chicago.. and trending DOWN.

i paid $0.99 for bread yesterday


wanna tell more lies?

 

[SparkyJJO]

You and Texas seem to be the last to hit with rising prices.

Will enjoy seeing the Bullshitters on here start having to pay Chicago prices soon. Looks like Colorado is catching up quickly. :thumbsup:

It's all in your head.

 

[Specop 007]

Havent been following grain prices much have you?

They are high enough I've thought of getting (back) into farming.

 

[Zedtom]

A visit to the grocery store is where you see the subtle rise in prices due to inflation in all its glory. Package weights are decreasing yet the box remains the same size, or on the cereal aisle the boxes sometimes get larger in height, but thinner in depth.

If you haven't noticed the runaway prices in the grocery store then you must still be munching Doritos in your mom's basement.

 

[CallMeJoe]

The only people who will see you there are other WalMart shoppers...think of it as an opportunity to enrich their sad lives.

Guys, I hate to break the news to you, but in rural America, walmart is just about the only place to shop. The town I live in has a Brookshire brothers and a walmart...

Check your sarcasm meter... it may have a problem.

 

[Crono]

Time to revive the ATOT bread thread. On my way.
EDIT: Aww, why is it in "Free stuff"? OT is better.

http://forums.anandtech.com/forumdisplay.php?f=33

 

[Gibson486]

tell me about it...

Stop and Shop wheat bread is now $2.19. WTF...used to buy it for $1.50.

 

[Crono]

As long as the U.S. doesn't end up like the breadbasket of the ancient world with sky-high grain and bread prices, I'm okay.

I don't want to wear a loaf of bread on my head.

 

[dmcowen674]

This is the new America many are so proud of in here:


http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18560_162-20038927.html

Homeless children: the hard times generation



http://articles.orlandosentinel.com...26_1_scott-pelley-metzgers-fight-homelessness


'60 Minutes' revisits Central Florida homeless


"Many people have lost their homes and moved into motels," Pelley said. "Now unemployment benefits are running out. They're losing their grip on motels and finding shelters full, so they're moving into their cars. This story centers on children in Seminole County who live in their cars and go to school during the day."


The problem is getting worse, said Beth Davalos, coordinator for the Families in Transition Program for Seminole County Public Schools.


"We're seeing more families in our program," she said. "I have many children living in their cars. Usually, we're able to get them into motels. Many families have no place to turn. They have no options. There's limited funding. Some families don't even have cars. They're working families, but they don't make enough to carry the family."

Pelley said he doesn't know if "60 Minutes" will return a third time.
"We'll call Beth Davalos in six months. We'll see," he said. "We're not going to look away."

 

[yllus]

Bread's bad for you anyways - take this as a signal to start avoiding the stuff!

 

[Crono]

This is the new America many are so proud of in here:

I saw that 60 minutes special yesterday. Very sad. And what that girl said about listening to your parents, and seeing how adult those kids had to be and were - it gave me a lot of pause and made me think about my own fortune and how I haven't done enough for others or haven't even looked into the situation locally.

I didn't know it was that bad anywhere in the U.S. with that kind of scale. A lot of the hardship is hidden, unfortunately, because of shame and because of fear. I'm sure the families featured on the show are being helped now, but there are so many others...

 

[rh71]

shoprite $1 most of the time.

I think Target's market pantry brand is also very cheap.